Punching-machine.



F MOINTYRE & J'. W. ROGERS.

PUNUHING MACHINE.

I APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14,1906.

, 923,198. Patented June 1, 1909. I

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R G'INTYRE & a". W. means.

PUNOHING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 14. 1906.

Patented June 1,1909.

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I i l 1 l I I I F. MOINTYRE & J. W ROGERS.

,PUNOHING MACHINE. APPLIOATIONY FILED SBP'IHM, 1906.

Patented June 1,- 1909.

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F. MQINTYRE & 'J.- w. memes. PUNOHING MACHINE. I APPPIOATION FILED SEPT 14, 1906.

Patented June 1, 1909,

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P. MQINT'YRE.& J. W. ROGERS.

- PUNOEIN'G momma,

-' APPLIOATION BLED 311F114, 190s. 1

' Patented June 1, 1909 10 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

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F. MoINTYRE & J. W.. ROGERS.

v BUNOHING MAGHINE.

APPLIOATION TILED SBPT-.14,1906.

Patented June 1,1909;

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P. MoiNTYR-E & J. W. mans.

PUNGHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I l LED SEP' 1'.14.1906.

Patented. June 1, 1909.

10 SHEETS-SHBET 7.

. F MQINTYRE & J. W. ROGERS.

PUNGHING MACHINE. APPLIGA'IUQN FILED SEPT. 14, 1906.

Patented June 1, 1909.

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MQINTYRE & J. W. ROGERS;

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' Patented Jun 1,1909.

" I PUNOHIHG-MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 14 1906 F; MQINTY'RE & J. W. ROGERS.

PUNUHING MAOHINE. AIPPLIYOATIIVON FILED SBPTJM, 1906.

Papentea June1,1909.

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FIN l\lclNTYRE AND JAMES W. ROGERS; OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAID ROGERS ASSIGNOR- TO SAID MGINTYRE.

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To all whomit may concern:

Be'it known that we, FINLAY lloln'rrnn and James V; Rooms, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Punchingdi/lachines, and we do hereby declare the following to he a full and exact description thereof, reference be- 7 ing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to machines for stai'n 'iing blanks from sheets of metal, papor,fclt or any material suitable for die cutting, and has special reference to ma- -,hincs fo'r stamping ends for tin cans.

' The present methods of cutting can heads are crude, in that the most generally utilized method employed is that of stamping one head at each operation of the machine. This slow method is used even after long and diversified experiments. The economy of the stock isthe one necessity which all nnnmfacturers concede. The construction of 'diesis of such a nature that in order to construct them. in a gang,too much space must be left between each two to make it practical on. account of the loseof stock. Construction of dies in gangs has been attempted, wherein sufficient space is left be- "dies to be arranged in relation to -1n Which the sheet is fed.

tween. each two dies so that the sheet may be reinserted. for another operation between the holes in the sheet left by the first operation, but the great expense of construction and greatloss of time in upsetting them have proven this method of the construction vof glies' objectionable. The method generally. followed is the punching of one blank at av time.

-()ur invention comprehends an arrangement of dies in a row and conserves the stockhy the manner .in which we show the i the line Our invention consists first in the niech- 'a'nism'for--ha1'1dli'ngtwo or more-sheets of tiny plateor other material in a punching press at onetime. ()uim inv'ention' consists second in the imchanism by which sheets .of metal and other material may be fed through a stamping press.

Our invention consists. third in the an rangement of punching dies in a row and the feeding of a sheet of metal obliquely to the said rowof diesk' I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented i'l'uxie 1, 19cc.

Application filed sptexnber'l, 1906. Serial No. 334,674.

particularity in the front elevation of our machine, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrow shown in Fig. III. Fig. H is a rear elevation of our machine. Fig. Jill is a view of the right *side of our machine with the belt pulley removed. Fig. IV is a view of the left side of the machine. Fig. V is alsoa view of the left side of the machine, but with certain parts removed. Fig. VI 1s a erpendlcnlar sectional view of our machine "rom the right side, taken through the center. Fig. VII is an enlarged detail of our ejector, viewed from a sectional view of Fig. VI, taken'on line VII. Fig. VIII is a plan view of our feeding mechanism showing the machine frame in section. Figs. IX, X and XI are enlarged details of our feeding mechanism. Figs, XII to XXI inclusive are enlarged details of our punching dies. Fig. XXII is anenlargeddetail of our feeding mechanism, and Fig. XXIII illustrates our method of adjusting the gears to care for the differ ent size sheets to be stamped.

M ore particularly described, A represents the frame of our machine, supported by standards A A. l

B represents the belt pulley from which the power is received, and B'fthe driving shaft to which said pulley B is attached. On the opposite end of the driving shaft 13 is fixed the cranlcpin B from which power transmitted to )art of the feeding, mechanism as hereinafter described. Upon the driving shaft B and adjacent to the crank pin B is fixed the gear 13 This gear B meshes with gear C fixed upon the shaft C. pAjlsofixed upon the shaft G is the smaller gear C which meshes with andtransinits power to the gear D. Upon the shaft D of the gear D is fixed a bevel gear 1) whiclfngages with the shaft X, by which -which controls still another movement of the feeding mechanism By our feeding mechanism we desire to be enabled to handle two or more sheets of metal, or a sheet slit into two or more strips, and carry the strips one after another to the machine, into which they must be fed in close succession, and with great accuracy in order-to avoid waste, which is highly essential in handling expensive ma-- terial such as tin plate and the like. Our feeding mechanism consists. first of three tables F, G and H. H is the feed.table proper and from. it the sheets S are fed under the stamping dies. It is stationary and is secured to the body of the machine. The table G is in effect an extension of table II and is designed to hold the sheet next to be fed into the dies. It slopes slightly upward from the front of the machine, as does also the table H. The table F is hinged to the table G and is adapted to be elevated to the same angle as that of the tables II and G, see Fig. V, or to be lowered to a horizontal position,:see Fig. IV. Upon the table F are fixed the retaining fingers f, f, which are held normally against. the table F by the spring f. The arm f -engages the spring f" and is fixed with the fingers to the shaft f projects beydnd the center of the shaft f and is adapted to raise the fingers j", f, from the table F when pressure is placed upon its outer end.

To the frame ofthe machine A, we fix the arm f* in opposition to the outer end of the small arm f \Vhen the table F is in a horizontal position, as at Fig. IV, the spring f acts to"k'eep.the retaining fingers on the table F. When however as in Fig. V, the table F is elevated to a parallel with the tables H and G, the arm f engages the arm f and the fingers are raised from the table F, thereby releasing the sheet of metal held thcreon,,allowing it to slide uponv the table G. A stgap f is secured to the table G and affords a support for the table F when in a horizontal position. Power is transmitted to the table F through the arm f; and the bell crank lever f", pivoted to the machine at f and engaging with. the cam D at its free end to which the roller f is affixed.

The table G is designed as before mentioned to holdthe sheet next to be fed into thedies. Itf'h'as no retaining fingers as described at f f on table F, but the sheet isheld on table G by means of stops arranged :on table H and described hereinthey cooperate.

after. Table H is arranged with a bed" onthe table G. In the operation of the machine, in moving a sheet from table G onto table II, it must be forced against the action of the springs 71,; For this purpose we'provide fingers g, g, which pass across the face of the table G within the channels 9 9 and force the sheet against the springs [L3 beneath the arms 71. it and onto the bed of the table H. The fingers g are constructed of outer and inner telescopin sections 9 and g respectively. g is fitt with a slot closed at both ends, and within this slota pin or screw 9, secured to section g is allowed. to slide, see Fig. XXII; The purpose of this construction is to prevent breakage in.case a sheet or foreign object should get caught beneath the said fingers f f on the table Gr; see Fig. XXII. These fingers g g are rotatably secured to the frame of the machine by an arm 9 atshaft g, which shaft is fitted with a crank gfwhich engages by a roller 9 at its free end with the cam E. The slotted arm g attached to the finger g, the arm 9 attached to the shaft'g and the arm 9 rotatably attached to the arm 9 and adjustably attached to said' slotted arm g furnish means of adjusting the fingersg, in their'engagement with the table G. A spring y -connects the arm g with the machine and holds the crankroller g in contact with the cam vE. Upon the 'table (3r we providechannels 9 9, wherein said fingers'g g are designed to move below the surface of the table G. This construction minimizes the chance of the fingers g 9 engaging the sheet S on top instead of beneath.

From the table II the sheet S is fed laterally into the dies. The arms h h and '72. have been described as intended to guide the sheet on to the table H. Upon one end of the cross arm 71. we fix a small pressure finger h which is intended to hold the sheet smoothly upon the table H. The mechanism by which the sheet is moved laterally into the dies is described as follows :--Serrated dogs it h" are rotatably secured to angle blocks it h, with the angle faces of which The angle blocks h are fitted at their lower side with T shaped" guides 7L, see Fig. XI, which are designed to slide loosely within a suitable recess in thebed of said table H. Shoulders h h of said table engage said guides h and hold the hlohks [L k within the said recess. Small i springs it h are embedded .in said table bed i free from thebed, the grippin said dogs and block are elevate n1 0 position to the bottom laco' of-the' said its if h for the purpose of lifting the, blocks free from contact with the said table H and'permitting free movement of said bloc ' blocks along-said table H.

Eh h and the angle blocks 72)? h, see Fig I plane-of the said table and the sheet S is cured to the lovers h h" at the fulcrum raised out of contact therewith overcoming the "friction. of the sheet dragging on the table 5H. p

The serrated'dogs h it are rotatably secured to the freeend of the hell crank levers it it. The angle blocks it" it are also seepoint. 'By'the Jo ie'ration, therefore, of the levers [t h the gage. with and disengage from the angle og s k h are made to enblocks h it; llhe levers h h are connected by the connecting rods 723 729 with the bell crank lever h, which in turn is connected with the connecting rod it. The rod/r is attached to the 'crahk pin 13 by a yoke h to allow for lateral movement caused by the action of the crank pin B One arm of the "lever 72, isv slotted at h, and. the rod 72 is adjustahly connected therewith as shown in Fig. 1X. A rockshaft 72 is secured to the end of the table H and secured to said shaft are crank arms h and h". The arm h" is connected withthe lever h by the connect nig rod it" and the arm 7;)" is adjlfstably connected with a dog in which rests upon the table H 111 opposition to the rear end of the sheet S. 'To the arm A" is secured the spring arm it?" which carries the fingers 71 and h which engage the rear end of the I sheet S lying on the tables G and F respectively. The guide h secured to said-table ll. serves to hold the dogs h in place on "so id table H.

A roller it fixed to the frame of the machine lies upon the table H and holds the waste in place until the entire sbcetis stamped.

In operetion, the power is transmitted from the crank pin B on the driving shaft B lhrough the connecting rod h to the lever h, which is made to rock, carrying the dogs It" M and the blocks h It forward 1 and back alongthe table H. The sheet S is gripped and carried along the table under the dies in the forward n'iovelnent and then released from the grip for the backward movement. At the same tune the dog. in

and the fingers 7L, and h are made to strike the rear end of the sheet S on the tables H,

'G, and 1} respectively and keep them in an advenced position.

The reciprocation between the action of lllU tending dogs it k and their cooperating blocks if A and theaction oi the table G is such that the succeeding slicet S is forced on to the table H by the lingers g g, at such 7 a time that the ends of the said succeeding sheet S, and the sheet 5 under operation 7 shown in dotted lines on the table ll abutting next to the nearest die, ready to be received by the dies in the next operation of the punching mechanism. The purpose of this spacing between the sheets :5 in feeding them under the dies, is to prevent sheets of different thickness passing under the dies at one time, and to prevent the successive sheets overlappingfin either of which cases the dies would be in danger of mutilation.

The stamping 'nechanism of our machine is described as follows: A driving arm consisting of two parts J and J transmits the power to the die bead J to which are secured the nude dies K, L and M. The part J is connected by a crank j to lliedri'ving shaft B. The parts J and J are connected by an usling screw j which 15 secured at its opposite ends by the set screws y" j". The part J 1s lunged to the head .l 'at y: The head J is adapted to slide witlnn guides fly secured to the frame of the machine A and carries upon its lmvcrcnll the 105 dJes'K, L and as above named. The stamping dies consist of the male (llUS K, T1 and M; and their cooperating :tenmlc (lies K, ll and M, and are described as follo\\'s:--'l.hc (lie K. consists of a cutting per lion Z. whi h is preferably"screwed into the die bead J. 'An ejector /r' is secured to the culling DUl'llOl] l. by a screw A! which is designed to slide within said cutting portion A; and the llLllll of which is counter sunk within the upper face of said cutting portion la. Spring seated posts is 70 are sccured to said cjcclor Zr and the rest in suitably designed counter sinks in the upper face of the culling portions in. The spring posts 76%; hold the ejector is normally retircd within the cutting portion thereof, and hold the screw 75- and the posts k 70 above the upper face of the cutting porlion 7.. l

' The die L consists of a circular cutting portion Z within the center of which is secured a? pointed punch Z, the point of which extends slightly below the cutting surface of'seid portion Z. A spring seated ejector 130 is fitted in the head J and is designed after the blank is stamped to strike it from the die to which it is held by the friction of the" I tops of tin cans, while the die K is intended for the'bottoms.

of the same-construction as k, described, and is. likewise screwed into the The cutting"- ortion m is ereinoefore head J 'Within the center of this cutting portion m however is placed a punch m which is secured to the cutting portion on by the screw m Around'the punch m and between it and the cutting edgesofthe portion m lies the ejector m in the shape of a ring. This ejector is secured to thecutting portion m by s ring seated posts m, m, which normally ho d the ejector m away from the cutting edges of m and m and the heads of the posts m above the upper face of the portion m.- The dies K, L and M are all surrounded by a ressure frame N which is secured to the ie head J? by spring seated posts a n, the heads of which posts are seated within counter sunk recesses in said die head J These spring seated posts hold the pressure frame N normally in apositionbelow the dies K, Land M, and N is designed to hold the sheet S in position-for stampinguntil the said dies strike the sheet, when the frame N is moved upward against the action of the spring posts'n n, allowing the dies to make the cut.

' The dies K, L and M are seated u on a bed 0 and are provided with yield mg rings seated upon the springs k and m" allowing the rim of the stamped blanks to be formed upon, the faces '70 and m m. A recess Z is provided in the die L to receive the pointed punch l of the die L.

The dies herein described are designed to stam in one operation a bottom, top and cap or a tin can. We arrange them in a row and set them in the machine in such a 7 position as to engage the sheet S obliquely herein described, nor to the size, form or number. Also any arrangement of the same can be utilized within 'the spirit of our iir vention, i

As a means of actuating the ejectors k and m we provide a construction as follows; Caps or plun er heads P are placed within recesses of t e die head J and inopposition respectively to the heads of the spring posts and m. Projecting upward I I from said plunger heads P, P, within suitable bores in said die head'J are plungers p An arm p is hinged at its rearmost en t o the frame of the machine at p .and at its forward end is attached to a cross arm 79*, which slides within a suitable recess in the die head JR Projecting from the sides of this cross arm 79 are the lugs pwhich lie opposed to the upper end 0 the plungers p, p and are adapted to engage therewith. v v

Opposed to the upper side of the arm 1) ably secured to the frame A'by the ad usting screw p", By the use of the screw p the post 5 can be advanced or retired towar or 20m the arm p as may be desired. To secure the frame 39 in its adjustment against the racking induced by the operap I tion of the machine, set screws p p are used to screw the frame 32 to the frame of the machine.

See Figs VI and VII.

is a spring seated post 39 which is secured to a frame p and which frame p is adjust? "In operation? when the dies are thrust downward to make their cut the ejectors 7a" and m are held in a retired position by the action of the spring posts k and m respectively. When the dies are retired from' the out, however, the die head J moves upward in its guides j and the arm p comes into contact with the spring posts 32.

I This contact forces the forward end of the arm 79' downward and the ln s p gfpress upon the plungers p, 29, an drive them downward,- thereby forcing the plunger heads P, P against the spring posts is and m and-the e ectors downward and beyond the outer face of the cutting dies K M. The springs p p: rest against the top of the lugs 32 p and old them normally against the plungers 22 They are weaker, however, than the springs ofthe posts k and m*, hence they allow the plu'ngers p, p to be held upward by the spring posts 70 and m,

WVhen the blanks are e ected from the dies as just described they are blown from the table by air forced through the tubes R and into the chutes-T4 through which they fall away from the machine;

At Fig. XXIII we illustrate a means'of changing the reciprocatincr action-of the punching mechanism and the feeding mechanism of our machine. The gear C, which,

together with the gear E, controls the mech-' shaft which governs directly the punching 2G K and any variation or modification may he mecha'nism;

- aeaiee center, and the shaft D journale'd near its free end, the gear D may be moved away from the shaft C to permit the insertion of a different sized gear instead of the gear 0 This arm I) is secured to the frame of the machine by a clamping screw 03 which engages the i'rame of the machine in the slot cl.-f At this point of connection 03 We arrange the slot d which permits the adjustment of the camfl) to care for the difier'ent sized gears C seated upon the shaft (1.

We would not be limited in our invention to the details of construction named herein,

made in any of the details for the purpose of commercial economy within the scope of our invention. It is intended within our invention that the table G may be used without the table-F, and that the table F may he used without the table (hand that the table and the I Che dies described as hcmg placed in a row,-

H may he used Without eitherv of the tables F or G.

' We illustrate a brake-pulley U fitted on thei'lriving shalt whereby, when the power is released from belt pulley D, the machine maybe checked. Thisis surrounded by a friction brake u, controlled by an arm a, connected with one end of the friction brake,

' and also with the connecting rod 14?, which is joinedf'at its other eud with theifoot pedal at 'llhe-springs a and u are designed to hold the friction brake a normally free from the brake pulley U.

' Any construction of dies may be used, and we here merely illustrate one construction rungcrnent in which we" wish to set them in their relation to the line of the feed ot the sheet. i-lny number of these may be used may heel any size or of any form.

which row set obliquely to the line of the feed of the sheet, merely a preference and we would not be limited therein. The dies maybe constructed of any desired strength, to acooi'nmodate the material to be stamped. 'lheimtention is intended to stamp any kind or class of material for dd: cutting and the expression used herein sl ets of metal and the like? is intended to rcfcr to sheets of any material, metal, paper, Felt or whatever kind, which is suitable for die cutl:ing, 1

What we claim as our invention i 1. In a machine for punching blanks from sheets or metal and the like, the combination of a punching mechanism a delivery table and a fecd table with meansfor automatically delivering said sheets to said iced table i l l l i which is Well adapted for the particular arand automatic means livery table.

2. In a machine for punching blanks from' sheets of metal and the like, the combination of a punching mechanism and a feed table with means for delivering said sheets to said feed table, comprising a tilting table lying adjacent to said feed table, a cum allixed for actuating said dei to the motive power of said machine, and

means of connection between said tilting table and said cam.

- Ina-machine for punching blanks froin' sheets of metal and the like, the combination of a punching mechanism and a feed table with means for aummatically delivering sheets to said.- feed ,tahle, consisting of an auxiliary table lying adjacent to said feed table, and automatically operated fingers adapted to move laterally across said auxiliary table and move said sheet on to said feed table.

a. In a machine for punching blanks from sheets of metal and the like,'the combination of a' punching mechanism and a feed table; with means for automatically delivering sheets to said .feed table, consisting of an auxiliary table lying adjacent to said feed tahle, channels out laterally in the surface of said auxiliary table, fingers moving across said channels and adapted to move a sheet from saidauxiliary table to said feed table and means for automatically actuating said" 5: In a machine for punching blanks from I sheets of metal and the like, the combination of a punching mechanism and a icedtable,

with means for automatically delivering sheets to said feed table, consisting of an auxiliary table lying adjacent to said feed table, channels cut laterally 1n the surface'oi said auxiliary table, fingers moving along said channels, and means for actuating said fingers, consisting of a cam. connectedwith' the motive power ofsaid machine and means for connecting said cam with said fingers.

(i. In a machine for punching blanks fron'i sheets of metal and the llke, the combination of a punching ll'lQCfltlIllSDl and a feed table with means for maintaining sheets upon said feed table in an advanced position toward said punching mcchan ism consisting of dogs adapted to engage said sheet and means to oscillate said dogs,- consisting of a rock shaft to which said dogs are attachcdy a hell crank lever attached to said rock shaft and mountcd on another rock shaft and a connecting rod joining said hell crank lever to the driving shaft of said machine.

7. In a machine for punching blanks from sheets of metal and the like thecomfeeding mechanism, consisting of a feed table co iperating angle blocks and gripping dogs adapted to grip the said sheets and carry them laterally along the said feed hination with a punching mechanism of a table to the said punching mechanism and.

table in which said angle blocks are adapted to move, and means for automatically moving said angle blocks in said guides.

' 9. Ina machine for punching blanks from sheets of metal and the like, the combination with a punching mechanism, of a feeding mechanism consisting of a feed table, channeled guides, fitted therein, cooperating gripping dogs and angle blocks, said angle blocks being adapted to engage said channeled guides, and means for moving said angle blocks in said guides, c011- sisting of a rock shaft, a bell crank'lever mounted thereon, a crank pin attached to the driving shaft of said machine, and means of efiecting connection between said crank pin and one end of said bell crank lever, and between the other arm of said bell crank lever and said coiiperating gripping dogs and angle blocks.

10. In a machine for punching blanks from sheets of metal and the like, the combination with a feed table, 'and a plurality of dies arranged in a row obliquely to the line of feed of said iced table of means of effecting said feed, "consisting of gripping dogs and angle blocks, coiiperating therewith, adapted to alternately grip and re lease said sheet, and means for moving said gripping dogs and angle blocks across the face of said, feed table.

11. In a machine for punching blanks from sheets of metal and the like, the combination with a feed table and a plurality of dies arranged in a row obliquely to the,

direction of feed of the said table, of means for feeding the 'said sheets from said table, consisting of gripping dogs and cotiperating angle blocks adapted to successively grip said sheets and carry them along the. face of said table a fixed distance, then r elease' them, move back to their original posit on.

12. In a machine for punching iilanks from sheets of metal and the like, the-cons, bination with a row of dies, and a feed table of -means for feeding sheets successively along the face of the said feed tabie, in an oblique direction to the said row of dies,

and means for maintaining a fixed distance between each two of the said sheets.

13. In a machine for punching blanks from sheets of metal and the like, the combination with a plurality of dies arranged in a row, and a feed table, of ineans for feeding the said sheets obliquely to the said:

sheets to said feed table in succession and at a fixed distance apart.

15. In a machine for punching blanks from sheets of metal and the like, the combination with a punching mechanism, and a feeding mechanism, of means for delivering said sheets successively to said feeding mechanism, consisting of a. table, adjacent to said feeding mechanism, fingers moving laterally across said table, and means for actuating said fingers, whereby successive sheets are delivered to said feeding mechanism at a fixed distance apart.

. FIN LAY McINTYRE. JAMES W. ROGERS, Witnesses HARRY J. luATmSON, HENRY S'rarnonn. 

